Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-28
Thermometer 11Oo yesterday.
House For RENr:-Enquire of George


was in Colby yesterday.
Tuesday night heavy rain visited
Thomas county and Colby.
P.J. Assenmander, of Seneca. Has,
is here looking after his store.
! Miss Lizzie Payne is over attending
the normal, from VOltaire. Kansas
s. YOusse's new hack has come to Oak
ley. and will be put on the Colby s. Eus-
It's line.
Seyen newspapers in Logan county,
and another threatened at Oakley will
be the eighth.-McAllaster Herald.
The Ladies' Building Association of
Russell Springs. has filed articles of incor-
pOration, with a capital stock, of $4,000.
Groceries delivered to any part of
the city-S. c. BrittOn & Co.
HORSE SHOE GROCERY.
B. J. Woodruff has bought out Mr..
Tate's interest in the firm of Woodruff
& Tate. Mr.. Woodruff will remain sole
proprietor of the brick store.
Last week one of Oakley's prominent
business men bet $500 that Russell
Springs would get the county seat Rus
sci Springs Record.
W. W. Walker, county superintendent
of Thomas county, Kansas. was in town
on Saturday of last week visiting his
brother-in law, E. E. Gray-Du Bots
Times.
Groceries delivered to any part of
the city-S. c. BrittOn & Co.
Horse SHOE GROCERY.
Lewis E. Day. Editor of the IretOn
Clipper. Ireton, Ia,. is here this week
looking after his Timber Claim east Of
town. He is an agreeable gentleman and
much pleased with Colby and Thomas
county. He has many friends and rela
tives here in the county.
Charles Nj. Hovey. treasurer of Thorn
as county. Kansss, is in the CITY Mr.
Hovey is one of the leading men of north
west Kansas. He reports that the crops
in that part OF the state are very prOmis-
ing and that the indications are that they
will have big emigration to that part of
the state this all.-COmmOnwealth
The first fight in the county seat strug
| gle took place at Oakley between H. c.
Chapman and J. A. Goodier. THIS is all
foolishness. 1t is unnecessary to get ex-
cited over this matter and call hard
names or spill gore. There is nothing
gained and only lasting feuds inaugural
ed.-Oakley Opinion.
A superstitiOus subscriber says one of |
our exchanges. who found spider in his /
paper, wants to know if it is considered
bad omen. Nothing of the kind. The
spider was merely looking over the col
umns Of the paper to see who was not
advertising, SO that he could spin his web
over his shop door and be free from dis
turbance.
The new firm of S. c BrittOn s. Co.
successors to Kaub s. Smith, have start
ed out in good shape under the personal
supervision of Mr.. 8. C.. BrittOn, who
tells us that his firm will add to their al
ready large stock another nice lot of gro
ceries, provisions ETC., ETC., and will keep
on extending their business to meet all
demands. We wish the new firm all the
prosperity possible, and feel that with
Mr. Britton at the wheel failure will
be impossible. ,
The new town of Manchester, located
on the B & NJ survey, half way between I
Eustis and Colby, in which the firm of j
Ennis & Walker, of our city, are inter
ested. and of which Mr.. Walker is presi- I
dent, starts off with that vim and snap |
characteristic of true western enterprise
We learn from Mr.. Walker that num-
Der of buildings are now under way of
construction among which are a general
stock store building. livery barn, a G
hardware and drug house and several t
residence buildings-Dark Horse
Oakley. change cars for Colby, Denver '
Junction, Sidney, Cheyenne. Black Hills
and the northwest! will soon be the call
of the por.ers on all U. P. trains as they
approach this station. This is the gate
way of all that vast territory from here
east to Kansas City. The frogs and
switches for the Oakley. Colby & North
western are now being laid on the Y. v
in substantial way The material for n
the track laying is accommodating at Kan q
sas city and the order to hurry the work
here means business. That the work
will stop at Colby none for a moment be- !,
l;eve. In fact, the company admits that n
such is not their intention. The rich =
country that viii be tributary to this line !!
Will make profitable traffic for the com a
pany and should have been opened up o.
ong ago.-Oakley Times 8